Sudanese women were at the forefront of the protests that toppled autocrat Omar al-Bashir but 11 months on, activists are disappointed at a lack of progress on women's issues. To show their frustration, dozens of women protested in front of the Justice Ministry in Khartoum on Sunday, which...

Tunisia has cut its economic growth forecast for this year to 1% from the 2.7% envisaged in the 2020 budget, Prime Minister Elyess Fakhfakh said on Sunday, as the vital tourism sector faces a strong threat due to the coronavirus crisis. He told the local Magreb newspaper that the...

 At least one militant on a motorbike blew himself up outside the U.S. embassy in Tunisia Friday wounding five police, local media reported, in the country's most serious apparent attack since the summer. Embassy officials confirmed the attack in a tweet on its official Twitter feed,...

Algeria's state prosecutor has requested four years in prison for Karim Tabbou, a key figure of anti-government protests, and the verdict has been set for March 11. Tabbou's trial opened Wednesday in Algiers and continued until dawn as around 60 defence lawyers argued for his innocence, the...